one of the greatest professors I have ever had!! Kept everyone engaged in the topic!

AWESOME!!!!

Generally great lectures. I would recommend you buy the text book(s) despite any suggestion from Bruce that they are "completely optional". They are not. I actually think the head TA is quite helpful.

Great Professor... Excellent lectures... Clarity is, to my opinion, one of his best qualities...

Bruce is a very witty guy, great sense of humor. I loved the teaching. Clear material, engaging. Do not buy the books, use Internet. Almost all you need you get in class. Loved it.

Excellent professor. I primarily did the class at a distance but also attended several classes when I was in Boston, and I can't say enough about his clarity and enthusiasm. He's very approachable & the topics are excellent and highly applicable to real life. Changed my view of the financial world. Challenging exams, but manageable & so worth it.

Brilliant professor. One of the best I've ever had.

He is extremely meticulous and clearly enjoys teaching

Our semester here in the summer is coming to a close. He is an incredible professor. He teaches material that would otherwise be a little dull, but he brings quite a bit of excitement to the material. Truly a gifted professor. The TAs in the class were incredible as well. Honestly, the professor and his team truly want you to excel in this class.

Love this guy, also took FINC E-100 with him. I agree, TAs this semester have been very poor. As if we couldn't tell, she reminds us explicitly that she is unfamiliar with the material.

Principles of Finance. The Prof was very thorough, and explained the required topics clearly and to the point. I highly recommend this class, just make sure to focus on the class material and not on the text book. It's only there for reference, even if that.

Amazing professor!

Excellent lecturer. Took the class online and watched the videos. Couldn't be much better

One of the best lecturers there is.

Exceptional teaching style, great slides, no need to buy a textbook! Problem sets are hard & require a lot of work! Midterm was tough but was rated on the curve. Make sure to go over 1st lectures for final! Ours included first 4 lectures only.Professor's go a great sense of humor.Very tough class, but you'll learn a lot and they grade very fairly.

Great lecturer!

I'm not very interested in Finance, but professor Watson makes any course just brilliant. I'm also happy to see that now he drinks water instead coke and walks during the class. I think that such a brilliant mind deserves to be healthy, too.

By far is the best professor I have seen so far. Highly recommend him and his classes to anyone who is interested in economics/finance. Well respected by students and strongly feel the school should look for more great professors like this one! Because trust me they are not all this great, far from it! Definitively need more like him.

Dr. Watson is perhaps the best professor at Harvard to teach a complicated subject like Microeconomics in a "layman's" language. He is clear, concise, takes time to make sure students understand and his lecture notes are awesome. No textbook in the world teaches concepts this clearly. Highly recommend him!

exceptional , committed and engaging. His courses are always good

This was a great class. Prof. Watson did a great job explaining everything.

Easy to understand. Answers all questions. Great Professor!!!

Great class. very clear. took class distance and TA's were great. highly recommend.

One of the best at Harvard. Super prof with excellent TA's. E10a is a lot of work as it covers both principles of micro & macro in one semester, but Bruce gives you everything you need to do well.

Dr Watson is Awesome, Solve the problem sets and you will be fine in the paper.. Dr Watson makes concepts easy to understand and I have learned ALOT in his class.. Thanks Dr Watson.

Excellent professor. Challenging lectures and homework. Excellent TA support. Enjoyed the learning process. Take the course from this man.

Bruce is an excellent teacher, but the problem sets are challenging & tend to require an advanced knowledge of micro. The problem sets are much more difficult than what's discussed in class. Instead of reinforcing the material covered in class they require an advanced understanding of the concepts. I have a BA in Econ & found the course frustrating

Bruce is one of the best in teaching an online option course. He restates classroom questions for online students so that you are not lost. The TA's work hard to give you all of the info. The problem sets are challenging and time consuming since the answers require you to go beyond the question. The curve looks easy on paper, but it is difficult.

Amazing.

Bruce is one of the best I've had! His lectures are clear and understandable and he uses plenty of examples to further clarify difficult topics. Despite it being a giant class, he treats it like you are the only student in class, knows you by name and carefully answers all questions. His TAs are awesome as well and hold office hours for 1 on 1 help

Awesome class! Really enjoyed it

Mr. Watson is the man. He is a great teacher who loves the material and is very straight forward in his expectations. The exams are trick free and are based directly off of what you have already done in the homework sets. This is a must take econ class.

Great communicator, makes things easy although he flew through some of the subjects.

Prof. Watson is a great human being. He is funny, down to earth and intelligent. He is very easy to follow and makes sure no student is left behind. His teaching assistants also rock and I would strongly, strongly recommend taking Prof. Watson's courses.

Professor Bruce Watson is an amazing lecturer. He is knowledgeable, humorous and approachable. I highly recommend taking his classes.

Great class. You can view the lectures and group sessions at your own pace. Very convenient and well organized.

A fabulous teacher, with excellent TAs. He made difficult concepts very easy and the grading of his Problem Sets and exams was fair, transparent and swift. This is a great Professor teaching a very interesting class, a must-take for all HES Management or Finance students.

Professor Watson is clear and very intelligent. He teaches very easy-to-understand lectures and you can tell that he has a lot of expertise about finance. You will both be able to pass the class and learn a lot of material. The class is so well structured that you will need no information from a textbook because he explains it all amazingly well.

He tells you the big picture, so it help you understand the fundamentals. He does not go directly into the details.

I took the summer course which was pretty fast paced. Overall the Question sets and the mid-term were straight forward. If you studied the PowerPoint slides, you should do relatively well. The final however was very difficult. The questions did not reflect the question sets, mid-term or the PowerPoint presentations as they were more difficult.

If you watch the lectures and do the homework you'll be fine. The book is not necessary. The teaching assistant sections were extremely helpful when I got stuck. This was a fair and reasonable class and I learned a lot.

He understands the subject and knows how to pass the knowledge across. He speaks clearly and at a pace that enables you to take perfect notes the first time you listen to the lecture. His TA's are marvelous and help to reiterate what he has taught in a different way, making it ingrained in your memory. I will take any class he teaches

Great professor. Classes were recorded but you could attend in person. His slides are very good. 8 quizzes in 12 weeks and 2 big tests. Can be aleepy sometimes. You better know SOME finance before taking the class otherwise it will get hard quickly.

Excellent lecturers - All the basic of Macro and Micro in one term but that is a lot of ground to cover and as a consequence they go fast. So be prepared to attend or review recordings of Sections and do some background reading. Grading is on a curve but is generous so as long as you put effort in you will do well.

How hard this course is will depend on your familiarity with finance and how well you remember algebra. However, even though this course was hard, I really liked Prof. Watson and his style of teaching. You need to work hard, pay attention, study, attend lecture and section meetings. I feel like I learned a lot but this course is a lot of work.

Great Professor. Keeps class interesting with real world examples. This professor does not require the student to purchase the textbook. His powerpoint presentations are clear and concise. Highly recommend taking a class with Professor Watson.

I've taken 2 of Prof. Watson's classes and enjoyed both of them. He's highly knowledgeable in finance and economics, which can lead to his classes being more difficult, because he has so much to share. His lectures are well organized, so if you listen closely and are diligent with your note taking, the course should be enjoyable and easy to pass.

I've taken 4 classes with Bruce Watson and am actively looking to do more. He knows his subject matter and is able to explain it simply and clearly - and memorably! He wants you to understand it. I've learned more from Bruce Watson than I have from my other lecturers.

He is a very nice prof. I provides all the things which will make you to excel in class

Bruce is well organized. Grading policy is fair and laid out clearly. Lectures and slides cover the material generally, but you really have to attend one or more of the 2-hr TA sessions each week if you want to get a more in depth understanding of the material, see some worked examples, etc. The two TAs were extremely helpful. I would take again

I would take this professor again. I like his style and find him to be extremely credible. I thought the homework modules and midterm were easy to complete from the lectures alone, but for the final you need to attend a TA session or two. I got an A- and joined two TA sessions.

One of my favourite professors of all time

Bruce Watsons lectures have allowed me to accurately predict the Feds moves on the stock market and enabled me to make thousands of dollars from that skill. Recommended

I took Principles of Finance online during the 7-week summer session. Dr. Watson was very clear in his presentation and I enjoyed how well he interacted with the students in the classroom. Grading was tough, but the expectations were clear. I got a good grade, but I had to work very hard for it.

Excellent Professor, I've taken 3 classes with Bruce and this is by far the best of them. Many of his other courses are aligned with Pearson Econ textbooks while this course is customized and created by him. The difference is huge as the tests and assignments actually correlate well with the lectures.

Great introductory finance course. Looking forward to taking some of his other courses for the Harvard Extension Finance ALM

Bruce Watson is a great instructor. He gives clear instructions and his power point slides are very well organized. The problem sets align with the midterm and final. There is no excuse not to get a good grade in his class. His TAs are very dedicated. I highly recommend taking him!

Watson is great, final exam heavy.

One of my favorite professors. The class structure allows so much opportunity for questions and understanding. TAs offer weekly review classes to make the problem sets less stressful.

I put off taking microeconomics forever while doing my masters. While I am still not wild on the topic, Bruce and his TA were incredibly friendly, caring, and clear. I find the topics tough... still. But these two were a dynamic duo. They're great and made something I dreaded incredibly manageable. Strong, strong recommend if you need to take.

Professor Watson is the NICEST professor I've ever taken classes from. His lectures are thorough and easy to understand. He truly cares about each and every student. Cannot recommend him enough!

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Prof. Watson explains complex finance concepts in easily understandable manner. I enjoyed his lectures. His TA who hosts Sections is amazing. The TA made this course much more interactive and engaging. Grade is heavily based on the Final, therefore in order to get A/A-, you will have to be a good test taker. I would take his course again.

Bruce Watson is an excellent professor. His class is extremely well organized and he is crystal clear teaching the material. The tests are open-book, but this method is not too helpful as there are lots of calculations required in the exams. He has an awesome TA named Rob. This course is an excellent introduction to Finance. I highly recommend it.

Honestly, an awesome professor. he knows his stuff. he has some of the easiest/fairest grading policies. Just do the work and you'll do well.

I've taken professor Watson for 3 courses at Harvard Extension School, MGMT 2000, MGMT 2700, and Econ E-10a, which I just finished. It was a lot to learn for a noobie like me, but I got a lot out of it for introductory courses. I think a lot of disgruntled wimps post. One A minus and 2 B plusses I am not complaining. I worked for it.

The one downside is lectures were prerecorded and the professor never held office hours. So I never met our professor! Otherwise, very positive course! You will learn a ton from amazing lectures while working very little for an easy A.

Prof Watson is great at explaining the concepts of this course, and his lectures are both interesting and rewarding. The TA Rob does a wonderful job at holding structured sections, you can ask him any kind of questions and he'll happily answer them for you. The grading criteria are very clear, and the exams are quite easy. Definitely recommend.

Prof and TA are both deeply knowledgeable about finance, very good at fielding questions. The expectations are clear, consistent. Exams, problem sets, etc are straight forward. Prof makes every effort possible to ensure students understand, is constantly ensuring students are engaged in class. The TA session attendance is consistently high.

This is a pre-recorded course, but there was great support from the TA, Rob. The curriculum is a superficial review of the finance system, and wasn't too technical.

Great professor took this class online through Harvard summer extension really made me passionate about economics

Bruce is the GOAT! I've now taken two classes with him and he is so good at making the material accessible and interesting. If you're interested in economics or finance but worried that it will be dry or intimidating, take them with Bruce. He's so patient with questions and seems to genuinely like students.

Professor Bruce knows his stuff and makes the material really engaging. Definitely use unstuck ai in addition to the textbook - it really helped me prepare for the challenging but fair assessments. Overall, a great class to take.

Great interpersonal skills, able to balance heavy workload/long lectures with humour. Overall, he organised an amazing course. Would HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend!!!!!!!!!!!!